Oakland Park To Consider Sewage Payment

January 4, 1987|By KELLY LEON, Staff Writer

OAKLAND PARK -- City council members on Wednesday will consider paying the city of Fort Lauderdale $146,709 for sewer usage between November 1985 and September 1986, when the meter used to measure its wastewater production was out of order.

Installation of a new meter in September showed the city had been producing 584,654 more gallons of wastewater per day than it was paying for during that 11 month period.

The two cities have an agreement that allows Fort Lauderdale to treat Oakland Park`s sewage and set sewer rates.

The amount owed to Fort Lauderdale is based on a fee of 75 cents for every additional 1,000 gallons of wastewater produced.

City Manager J. Scott Miller told council members in November that officials from the Fort Lauderdale utilities department had requested the back payment.

Council members told Miller to verify the accuracy of the new meter and the requested payment before they would make a decision on payment.